ESU comments to EU Commission mobility paper
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For people who want to study abroad, the fear of not having the mobility period recognised as academically meaningful leads many students to stay home. ESU demands that governments sign and ratify the Lisbon convention of recognition. This is one of the measures ESU proposes in its reaction to the European Commission's discussion paper on learning mobility.
Read the whole reaction here.
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Time for a paradigm shift: student-centred learning
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ESU starts a major project on student-centred learning. The project runs until the end of October 2010, and is done in cooperation with Education International, the European and global teachers' trade union. Among other things, the project will produce a research report, a survey, and a toolkit for those who want to explore the concept of student-centred learning.
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Economic crisis survey and Stockholm declaration
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Students from across Europe gathered in Stockholm on October 16-18 to discuss the social dimension in higher education. ESU also presented the results from a member survey on the impact of the economic crisis on students and higher education.
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Light on the rights campaign
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On November 16-18, ESU and OBESSU will mark the International Students'
Day with a conference on students' role in democracy in the past and
today.
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ESU seminar will discuss research-education link
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The seminar is titled "The link between Higher Education and Research,
the 3rd Cycle and Doctoral Students", and takes place in Krakow,
Poland, on November 23-25. Participants will discuss the topics from an
individual, an institutional and a European level perspective.
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